Walnut Grove township, McDonough County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Walnut Grove township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
75% of Walnut Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 452
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 31
- South: 7
- West: 3
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $90,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 201
- Mobile homes: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,000
Housing units in Walnut Grove township with a mortgage: 60 (2 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 25
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (31%)
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Gasoline stations (4%)
- Warehousing and storage (4%)
- Educational services (31%)
- Health care (11%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (27%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (21%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Walnut Grove township:
- German (38.7%)
- English (15.7%)
- United States or American (14.6%)
- Irish (11.3%)
- French (except Basque) (5.8%)
- European (3.8%)
- Swedish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 225 (86%)
- Carpooled: 7 (3%)
- Walked: 5 (2%)
- Worked at home: 25 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (55%)
- Utility gas (37%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Electricity (3%)
96.5% of residents of Walnut Grove township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 38% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 503- In family households: 467 (158 male householders, 2 female householders)
134 spouses, 165 children (157 natural, 3 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 36 (13 male householders (13 living alone)), 21 female householders (19 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 69 2-persons, 49 3-persons, 24 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 32 1-person, 2 2-persons,
80 married couples with children.
22 single-parent households (10 men, 12 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 15.4% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |